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Show SUGAR PROBE IS CONTINUED Say Financier Contributed To Campaign Funds of Both Political Parties. WASHINGTON, Nov. 24. (U.P) B. H. Dahlberg, sugar financier, con tributed to both the Republican and Democratic presidential campaign cam-paign fund of 1928, it was disclosed today before the senate lobby committee com-mittee investigation.. Dahlberg gave $5,000 to the Republican Re-publican fund, and $1,000 to the Democratic. It had been brought out at yester- ceived from Dahlberg, to newspapermen news-papermen today, although he " did not appear at the hearing. .He' said he was chairman- of the senate interstate commerce committee , in 1927 when he undertook to se title four railroad claim cases. He undertook un-dertook the work as "an attorrtey on a contingent fee basis during! a recess of congress," he. said. . ; As he did not win the cases, he received ,no money, he added. He thought the sugar st.ock-deal was in- payment of his work on that case. Anyway, Theodore Drieser will henceforth be more ecareful about toothpicks in public. day's session of the committee hearing that Dahlberg had permitted per-mitted Senators James J. Davlfe, Repn., Pennsylvania, and James Watson, Repn., Indiana, to purchase pur-chase stock in his sugar companies , on unsecured, non-interest bearing notes. Testimony as to Dahlberg's contributions con-tributions was offered by John Holland, Hol-land, investigator for the commit : tee. He said Dahlberg got the money he contributed by collecting it from his' sugar companies. Law Is Quoted . , Holland read from the law covering cover-ing campaign contributions specifying specify-ing it would be "unlawful for anv corporation to make a contribution contribu-tion in the campaigns for presidential presi-dential elections." The; two. senators who leceive .' stock on-their personal unsecured notes from Dahlberg did not appear ap-pear at. the hearing today nor havt' they communicated with the committee com-mittee since Holland's disclosures of yesterdav, according to acting chairman Walsh, Watson explained his connection with the Missouri rate case, mentioned men-tioned as source ,of a fee he re- |